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Republicans miss that personal touch: Congressional Hits and Misses

Week of May 25, 2020

By Thomas McKinless

Posted May 29, 2020 at 1:57pm

As lawmakers continued to struggle with the mute button, Republicans begged Democrats to do away with Zoom meetings and make House members meet in person again. Rep. Morgan Griffith even looked up the word “meet” in the dictionary.

Meanwhile, Rep. Jackie Walorski joined a Ways and Means hearing from her car and Rep. Louie Gohmert got in on the fun of proxy voting.

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